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Joshua Skov

Professor of Practice | Academic Director and Industry Mentor, Center for Sustainable Business Practices
Affiliations: Management, Center for Sustainable Business Practices, Oregon MBA, Undergraduate Programs
jskov@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9060
Office: Anstett 298B
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Biography:

Joshua Skov has been a consultant to business and government organizations on sustainability strategy for more than twenty years. Acting as a liaison between technical analysis and executive-level decision making, he has served more than 50 clients in the United States and abroad in a range of industries, including energy, food, waste management, tech, and consumer products.

Outside of the University of Oregon, Skov is assistant vice president in the sustainability, energy, and climate change practice of WSP USA.

Skov designed the gateway course to the undergraduate minor in sustainable business (MGMT 250: Introduction to Sustainable Business). He was a member of the diversity committee of the Lundquist College of Business. 

He has served on advisory bodies for World Resources Institute, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, ICLEI, and the National Academies. He was previously a member of the statewide board of directors for Oregon League of Conservation Voters, and he served as one of Oregon governor Kate Brown’s appointees to the Lane Transit District board of directors and the board's vice president. He is a cofounder and former principal of Good Company, a leading regional sustainability consultancy.

Degree History:
  • MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
  • MA, University of Washington, 1994
  • BA, Yale University, 1992
Honors and Awards:
  • Faculty Excellence in Universal Design, University of Oregon, 2021
  • Ideas Worth Teaching, Aspen Institute, 2019

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Publications

Book Chapters:

Sinistore, Julie, Joshua Skov, Derek Fehrer, Jonathan Balsvik, Jonathan Dickinson, and Richard Reitz. "Sustainable AI: An Environmental Sustainability Perspective." In Handbook of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, edited by Wei Xu. Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8440-0_103-1.

November 2025

Skov, Joshua. "Personalising Sustainability: An Interactive Activity to Reinforce the Presentation of the Natural Step (TNS)." In Teaching Business Sustainability, Volume 2, edited by Chris Galea. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351281201.

January 2007
Technical Reports:

Skov, Joshua and Nancy Myers. Easy Money, Hidden Costs: Applying Precautionary Economic Analysis to Coalbed Methane in the Powder River Basin. Science and Environmental Health Network. https://www.sehn.org/ethical-economics/.

June 2004

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In the News

Two people standing on a floating dock look out over a smoggy, smoke-shrouded downtown Portland
The Cost of Climate Change
A five-member nonpartisan group of economists and policy experts—including Joshua Skov, academic director of the Center for Sustainable Business Practices—is exploring the economic impacts of climate change.
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Exploring Climate Solutions
In a new course, chemistry and business majors are exploring what it would take for the U.S. to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Joshua Skov Receives Faculty Excellence in Universal Design Award
Skov's nomination reflects his strong commitment to Universal Design Learning practices, enthusiasm for stimulating students’ interests, and to being flexible to students’ needs.
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2021 Faculty Promotions
The UO promoted 95 faculty members in 2021, including 53 tenure-track and 42 career faculty members from across the university’s schools and colleges.
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Putting in the Work
Oregon MBA candidate Mosi Smith has taken a worldwide pandemic in stride, and sought out moments of clarity, learning, and growth.
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An Award-Winning Recycling Plan
A team of UO MBA students took home the top prize at Zero Waste Washington’s 2020 Zero Waste Hackathon.
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Ride-Hailing and Carbon Emissions: A Closer Look
Initial data from research by Lundquist College instructor Joshua Skov and coauthors shows that ride-hailing is not proving to be a low carbon-benefit, at least not in its current form.
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A Sustainable Alternative
Lundquist College students had the opportunity to assess the sustainability impact of Riff Cold Brewed's Alter Ego.

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